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November 29, 2007

Carnival of Homeowners #19

Greetings! Welcome to the 19th edition of the Carnival of Homeowners. We have selected 10 posts for this edition. Here you go:

Editor's Pick:

Brian presents Greenify Your Home: 100 Tips and Resources to Make Your House Environmentally Friendly posted at International Listings Blog. The tips and tricks listed in the article can help you with your green home remodeling projects.

Other Posts:

PabloPabla presents When You Should Reconsider Refinancing Your Mortgage? posted at Financial & Legal Matters. This post deals with questions on when might be the best time to consider refinancing.

Edith presents What’s a Cap Rate? posted at Stewart Hsu.

KCLau presents What’s Your Time Worth? posted at KCLau's Money Tips. Value of money is always tied to time element. If you work, you need to understand the basic concept that you’re trading your time for money. Time is a nonrenewable resource, but money? You will be able to make much more money if you understand the relationship between time and money.

Artthailand presents Owning a condo in Thailand posted at artThailand.

Cashmoneylife presents Challenge Your Property Taxes and Win! posted at Cash Money Life. This is an article about how to reduce your property taxes and hopefully save a few hundred dollars in the process.

Bonnie Krueger presents Tips On How You Can Invest Into Real Estate To Make Money posted at WhaleHook Loans.

Vihar Sheth presents MLS Listings Going Green posted at green | rising. A little good news in an otherwise gloom and doom real estate market - the local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) that’s used by realtors to list and search for houses, is going green.

T. Pettinger presents How To Sell Your House for a Higher Price posted at Mortgage Blog. Some tips on how to get a better selling price for your home.

Ryan Russell presents Go “Outside The Box” for Great Holiday Gifts posted at My Money Thinks. For these people (and anyone else), a little creativity and imagination will go a long way when shopping for holiday gifts.

That concludes this edition. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on December 05, 2007. Submit your blog articles using our Blog Carnival Submission Form.

November 20, 2007

Carnival of Homeowners #18

Greetings! Welcome to the 18th edition of the Carnival of Homeowners. We have selected 11 posts for this edition. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

FIRE Finance presents Wild Fire Disaster Preparation - Part 2! posted at FIRE Finance. According to the Guardian (Oct 26, 2007), the recent wildfires in California have destroyed 1,500 homes, displaced half a million people, and caused an estimated $1billion in damages.

Thomas Humes presents Simple Habits That Lead To Wealth posted at Wealth Building World. Wealth creation is a combination of rules and habits. Here’s the number one rule, if you want to be wealthy, its not how much money you earn, its not how many cars you drive, it is how much you can save and invest and that’s the key.

Repeat Revenue presents Incentives to use renewable fuels posted at Solar Power Home. Every state in the united states gives incentives for using renewable power sources. Lately more incentives are being offered for using of solar power on home, some of these programs pay for 80% of the purchase price, and you get to pocket the resale value. See what your state offers.

Lori Prokop presents Solar Energy Works posted at Corbett Kroehler Keyboard Culture Global Warming. In his article Corbett Kroehler Global Warming Expert at Keyboard Culture talks about Florida’s Showcase Green Envirohome. It embraces solar energy in more ways than you might expect. Florida’s Showcase Green Envirohome operates in harmony with nature, consuming very little energy and expelling a fraction of the waste water that conventional homes do.

Bonnie Krueger presents Should I Put Down 10 Percent Or 20 Percent To Get A Mortgage? posted at Mortgages And Home Loans.

Matthew Paulson presents Worried About the Real Estate Slump? Don’t Panic. » American Consumer News posted at American Consumer News.

Mark Runta presents Mortgage Dilemma posted at Smart Investing & Money Management. To pay-off or not to pay-off. Mortgage that is. A conundrum in today's volatile economy.

Glblguy presents How To Protect Your Personal Data When Disaster Strikes posted at Gather Little By Little.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Beyond Home Buying: How Building And Renovating Can Be The Biggest Investments Of Your Life » Money and Personal Finance Blog In Silicon Valley posted at The Digerati Life.

The Skilled Investor presents Where?s Waldo? - The illusion of superior professional mutual fund manager performance. posted at The Skilled Investor's FINANCIAL PLANNING BLOG. The effort to find those few supposedly superior money managers willing to sell their services sufficiently cheaply is a costly, time consuming, and futile, "Where’s Waldo?," searching exercise for the individual investor. Many money managers will claim to be superior and few or none actually will be.

Allen Taylor presents Business Investment Strategies That Work Every Time posted at Personal Investing Advice. The secret to investment success is the consistent application of time-proven strategies, not the use of complex, hard-to-understand investment vehicles created by investment bankers out to take your money!

That concludes this edition. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on November 28, 2007. Submit your blog articles using our Blog Carnival Submission Form.

November 11, 2007

Carnival of Homeowners #17

Greetings! Welcome to the 17th edition of the Carnival of Homeowners. We have received 20 posts for this edition. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Eric Hudin presents Tax Help - Creative Use of the Roth IRA in Estate Planning posted at My Estate Planning Career Blog. Parents must give serious thought to protecting their family through creative estate planning. While life insurance and trusts should be a part of every plan, Roth IRAs can be an elegant tool you can use to pass some of your wealth to your children on a tax-free basis.

Allen Taylor presents Overcoming Trading Fears posted at Investing World Today. It’s been said that trading is 90% emotional, and 10% technical.

Tim Ramsey presents Financial Freedom Is Not Just About Being Debt Free posted at My Debt Relief Blog. Financial freedom is a bit of a misnomer. Having financial freedom is defined as being in a place in your life where you no longer have to work to pay for your living expenses.

Eric Stanley presents 10 Ways to Keep Your Holiday Spending in Check posted at Personal Finance Blog Articles. Everyone vows that this year they are going to shop early and stay within their budget; but to avoid the post-holiday hangover they need more than just good intentions. They have to make a plan for holiday spending and stick to it. Here are 10 tips to keep holiday spending in line.

Thomas Humes presents Are You Habitually Losing Money? posted at Wealth Building World. Psychologists tell us that up to 90% of our behavior is habitual. If you have a habit of letting your receivables get overdue, which is one of the most common unsuccessful habits, you will always get a predictable result. Negative habits breed negative consequences.

Kevin Fleming presents Why I Switched From Cable TV to Satellite posted at Satellite TV Guru. Switching from Cable to Satellite may save your family hundreds of dollars a year, this is my story and why I switched over.

Matthew Paulson presents How to Buy Foreclosure Real Estate Without Going Broke or Getting Ripped Off posted at Getting Green.

Ian Welsh presents Bernanke Cuts Another Quarter posted at The Agonist. What this means for you is simple enough: the prices of food, heating oil and transportation will keep going up. If you're in an inflated housing market, expect the value of your main asset to drop. And expect inflation to break out from food and energy into a lot of consumer goods.

Steve Faber presents - Hire a Lawyer for Your Real Estate Transactions – or Pay the Price posted at Debt Free. You may think you can just take this stuff lightly, and far too many people do, despite the advice of experts. However, failure to take this simple precaution can be fraught with peril. I have a..........

Plonkee presents an investment property should ‘wash its face’ posted at plonkee money. It's not really a good investment property if it has a negative cashflow.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Cut Down On Travel Costs As A Gracious Houseguest posted at The Digerati Life. How to cut costs when traveling -- be someone's houseguest!

Logan Flatt, CFA presents Don't Fool Yourself -- Your Home Is Not An Investment. posted at PowerWealth.com.

Joshua Dorkin presents Buying New Construction? Don'€™t let those builders push you around!! posted at Real Estate Investing For Real.

Charles H. Green presents The Subprime Mortgage Crisis Viewed in the 12-Year Rear View Mirror posted at Trust Matters. It took a long time mess up the mortgage market as badly as it has been. Charles Green takes a long look back to 95 and traces what went wrong.

Jason Elder presents Chapter 7 Bankruptcy - 5 Good Reasons To File Bankruptcy posted at A Bankruptcy Lawyer's Blog. Chapter 7 bankruptcy is a popular form of bankruptcy in the United States. For some, it is the last resort of those who have experienced a sudden job loss or a major medical issue that they had no control over. Through bankruptcy liquidation filed under this chapter the debtor can get a fresh financial start by receiving a discharge of all debts.

Aaron Wakling presents How to Resolve Bad Credit posted at The Credit & Credit Card Blog. A bad credit situation is not a comfortable situation to get into. Spending beyond your means can lead to a bad credit situation. There are also unavoidable circumstances unaffordable medical bills, job lay-offs and other financial difficulties leading to a bad credit situation.

Frugal Panda presents 10 Home Improvement Projects That Actually Pay Off posted at Frugal Panda.

Jason Elder presents Chapter 7 Bankruptcy - 5 Good Reasons To File Bankruptcy posted at A Bankruptcy Lawyer's Blog. Chapter 7 bankruptcy is a popular form of bankruptcy in the United States. For some, it is the last resort of those who have experienced a sudden job loss or a major medical issue that they had no control over. Through bankruptcy liquidation filed under this chapter the debtor can get a fresh financial start by receiving a discharge of all debts.

FIRE Finance presents Car Pool, Ride Share, Hitch Hike your way to Fun & Dollars! posted at FIRE Finance.

Leroy Brown presents The CFL and You posted at Llama Money. Save money on your electric bill with CFL's.

That concludes this edition. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on November 18, 2007. submit your blog articles using our Blog Carnival Submission Form.